Give your landscape paintings more depth and realism with tonal values.

Put simply, value is just how light or dark something is and having range of values in your artwork can make a big difference, especially for landscape painting.

As a beginner it can be tricky to see values let alone mix them accurately, so this class is designed to help simplify the process and get you feeling confident with value in no time! After taking this class you’ll know exactly what values are and how you can use them for more successful paintings.

You’ll be able to put your new knowledge into practice with the class project where you’ll paint a beautiful mountain landscape along with me.

You’ll learn:

What ‘value’ really means and why it is important for your paintings
How to create your own ‘value scale’ - a simple tool to help you recognise and mix accurate values more easily
How to use a range of tonal values to create distance and depth in a landscape painting

This is a great class if you're new to painting or if you want to level up your landscapes. I’ll be demonstrating with acrylics but the ideas are useful for all mediums.

Materials needed:

A medium sized paintbrush (I used a ½ inch flat brush)
Paints (Black, White, Blue and Red)
Some white card or thick paper you can cut into strips
A suitable surface to paint your class project on (this could be acrylic paper, canvas or a sketchbook)
Palette, Waterpot & Tissues
A hairdryer isn’t essential but can be handy for speeding up drying times

Have fun and happy painting!

Kate

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Brianna Gaytan

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